Lethbridge man charged with sexual assault of 14-year-old girl

Macebo Arthur Mokwena is charged with sexual interference, invite sexual touching and sexual assault of a person under 16. (LPS/handout)

A Lethbridge man is facing charges after he allegedly picked up a teenage girl in the downtown core before sexually assaulting her.

It’s alleged the accused approached the victim, a 14-year-old girl, in the 300 block of Third Street South on April 21.

“Video surveillance showed the male interacting with the girl before she entered his vehicle,” police said in a Wednesday release.

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“The girl was driven to a southside residence where she was sexually assaulted, then the subject drove her back to the same area downtown where he had picked her up.”

Police say the accused was arrested on May 12.

Macebo Arthur Mokwena, 57, is charged with sexual interference, invite sexual touching and sexual assault of a person under 16.

Police say Mokwena may have “targeted other vulnerable victims,” and as such, have released a photo of him and the vehicle he was driving – which he doesn’t own but had been borrowing – in an effort to encourage any unidentified victims to come forward.

The vehicle is described as a red 2004 Chevrolet Impala with a black midline stripe along the sides.

Police say it has hubcaps on the passenger side, but none on the driver’s side.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 403-328-4444.

Tips can also be submitted anonymously through Crime Stoppers.